Her hair adown her shoulders loosely lay displayed.
Prior.
Ad*press" (&?;), v. t. [L. adpressus, p. p. of adprimere.] See Appressed. -- Ad*pressed", (&?;), a.
A*drad" (&?;), p. a. [P. p. of adread.] Put in dread; afraid. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ad"ra*gant (&?;), n. [F., a corruption of tragacanth.] Gum tragacanth. Brande & C.
A*dread" (&?;), v. t. & i. [AS. andrædan, ondræ; pref. a- (for and against) + dræden to dread. See Dread.] To dread. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
A*dreamed" (&?;), p. p. Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream. [Obs.]
Ad*re"nal (&?;), a. [Pref. ad- + renal.] (Anat.) Suprarenal.
A"dri*an (&?;), a. [L. Hadrianus.] Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows.
A`dri*at"ic (&?;), a. [L. Adriaticus, Hadriaticus, fr. Adria or Hadria, a town of the Veneti.] Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.
A*drift" (&?;), adv. & a. [Pref. a- (for on) + drift.] Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
So on the sea shall be set adrift.
Dryden.
Were from their daily labor turned adrift.
Wordsworth.
A*drip" (&?;), adv. & a. [Pref. a- in + drip.] In a dripping state; as, leaves all adrip. D. G. Mitchell.
Ad"ro*gate (&?;), v. t. [See Arrogate.] (Rom. Law) To adopt (a person who is his own master).
Ad`ro*ga"tion (&?;), n. [L. adrogatio, arrogatio, fr. adrogare. See Arrogate.] (Rom. Law) A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation.
A*droit" (&?;), a. [F. adroit; à (L. ad) = droit straight, right, fr. L. directus, p. p. of dirigere. See Direct.] Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply. "Adroit in the application of the telescope and quadrant." Horsley. "He was adroit in intrigue." Macaulay.
Syn. -- Dexterous; skillful; expert; ready; clever; deft; ingenious; cunning; ready-witted.
A*droit"ly, adv. In an adroit manner.
A*droit"ness, n. The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity.
Adroitness was as requisite as courage.
Motley.
Syn. -- See Skill.
A*dry" (&?;), a. [Pref. a- (for on) + dry.] In a dry or thirsty condition. "A man that is adry." Burton.
Ad`sci*ti"tious (&?;), a. [L. adscitus, p. p. of adsciscere, asciscere, to take knowingly; ad + sciscere to seek to know, approve, scire to know.] Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious. "Adscititious evidence." Bowring. -- Ad`sci*ti"tious*ly, adv.
Ad"script (&?;), a. [L. adscriptus, p. p. of adscribere to enroll. See Ascribe.] Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.
Ad"script (&?;), n. One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf. Bancroft.
Ad*scrip"tive (&?;), a. [L. adscriptivus. See Adscript.] Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it. Brougham.
Ad*sig`ni*fi*ca"tion (&?;), n. Additional signification. [R.] Tooke.
Ad*sig"ni*fy (&?;), v. t. [L. adsignificare to show.] To denote additionally. [R.] Tooke.
Ad*strict" (&?;), v. t. -- Ad*stric"tion, (&?;) n. See Astrict, and Astriction.
Ad*stric"to*ry (&?;), a. See Astrictory.
Ad*strin"gent (&?;), a. See Astringent.
||Ad`u*la"ri*a (&?;), n. [From Adula, a mountain peak in Switzerland, where fine specimens are found.] (Min.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone.
Ad"u*late (&?;), v. t. [L. adulatus, p. p. of adulari.] To flatter in a servile way. Byron.
Ad`u*la"tion (&?;), n. [F. adulation, fr. L. adulatio, fr. adulari, adulatum, to flatter.] Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited.
Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out
With titles blown from adulation?
Shak.
Syn. -- Sycophancy; cringing; fawning; obsequiousness; blandishment. -- Adulation, Flattery, Compliment. Men deal in compliments from a desire to please; they use flattery either from undue admiration, or a wish to gratify vanity; they practice adulation from sordid motives, and with a mingled spirit of falsehood and hypocrisy. Compliment may be a sincere expression of due respect and esteem, or it may be unmeaning; flattery is apt to become gross; adulation is always servile, and usually fulsome.
Ad"u*la`tor (&?;), n. [L., fr. adulari: cf. F. adulateur.] A servile or hypocritical flatterer. Carlyle.
Ad"u*la*to*ry (&?;), a. [L. adulatorius, fr. adulari: cf. OF. adulatoire.] Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address.
A mere rant of adulatory freedom.
Burke.
Ad"u*la`tress (&?;), n. A woman who flatters with servility.
A*dult" (&?;), a. [L. adultus, p. p. of adolescere, akin to alere to nourish: cf. F. adulte. See Adolescent, Old.] Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.
A*dult", n. A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.
In the common law, the term is applied to a person who has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil law, to males after the age of fourteen, and to females after twelve.
A*dul"ter (&?;), v. i. [L. adulterare.] To commit adultery; to pollute. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
A*dul"ter*ant (&?;), n. [L. adulterans, p. pr. of adulterare.] That which is used to adulterate anything. -- a. Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes.
A*dul"ter*ate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adulterated (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Adulterating (&?;).] [L. adulteratus, p. p. of adulterare, fr. adulter adulterer, prob. fr. ad + alter other, properly one who approaches another on account of unlawful love. Cf. Advoutry.]